T2 shard armor

[Aull]

<p>How would you rate t2 shard armor from best to get 1st on your bruiser to last. Please do not include wilderness set.</p>

[Aule]

Assuming that since you are excluding the wilderness set that means you'll primarily be tanking, I would put: Gloves BP Shoulders Head Legs Boots If you have a satisfactory haste item them move gloves to 3rd instead of 1st. Since you're going to be tanking, I hope, you may also want to look at these shard items: 5 shards Defender's Girdle (waist) Defender's Band (ring) Defender's Stud (ear) All are 5 defense, deflection, parry. 15 shards Rumbling Earring (ear) 4 defense, deflection, parry ...also has 3 attack speed, 2 double attack Stone Tower Bangle (wrist) 6 defense, parry The defender's girdle, in particular, is a good 5 shard investment. There's not a lot of other easily obtainable tank belts with good defensive attributes. War Stud of the Prime Everdark, blue shinie collection from the Najena's zones (all shinies named Najena's something) is also a good investment. 2 melee crit + 6% chance on damage with melee hit to ward 900 damage for 12 seconds. Danak Essence Vial Necklace, tradeskill crafted from ROK recipes, 2% of frontal attacks riposted, other quadrants will parry instead of riposte. Excellent defensive item and can obtain for dirt cheap. Having some of the wilderness set can be good when you're not tanking, particularly the BP to add to overall group healing. However, these recommendations are based on the expectation that you will be tanking, because if you're not going to be tanking then I don't know why you rolled a fighter instead of a scout.

[Aull]

<p>Thanks for the reply. From what I am seeing the shoulders should prolly come 1st then bp. Haste (if in the right group) is very very easy to get so I don't worry about haste as much. I like haste when I am solo, but as a bruiser it will only come from the best equipment and sometimes that is hard to get.</p><p>With enough shards going tank spec or for better dps isn't to hard to get.</p>

[Lethe5683]

<p><span style="color: #00ccff;">Don't use the defenders stuff. Get all 3 of the stonestower for the +10 deflection chance.</span></p>